fléau

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French flaiel, flael, flayau, inherited from Latin flagellum.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fle.o/
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Noun

fléau m (plural fléaux)

a flail, either tool or weapon
a scourge; a curse, a calamity or a plague
- 2020 June 19, “Stopper la haine sur Internet”, in Le Monde‎:
  La haine en ligne est un fléau d’une immense ampleur.
  Online hatred is a scourge of immense scale.
(mechanics) the beam of a mechanical balance

Related terms

flageller

Further reading

“fléau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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